CHAP. XXXVII.

Resolve appointing Printer to the State. June 18th, 1819.

On the petition of Benjamin Russell, of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, praying to be appointed, and employed, as printer to the General Court, the ensuing year,

Resolved, That the said Benjamin Russell be, and he hereby is appointed the printer of this Commonwealth, for one year, from the fourth day of June, instant, to be fully completed and ended, and until another State Printer shall be appointed in his stead; provided, he, the said Russell, shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, the printing, in a faithful and workmanlike manner, on good and suitable paper, and with all reasonable despatch, and to the acceptance of the officers for whom the work may be done.

Be it further resolved, That the compensation which shall and may be allowed and made to the said Benjamin Russell, for printing and materials, furnished as aforesaid, shall be according to the usual rates of printing, established among the printers and booksellers in Boston; and the Committee of Accounts shall settle the bills according to those rules.

CHAP. XXXVIII.

Resolve to pay the Messenger to the General Court. June 18, 1819.

Resolved, That there be allowed, and paid out of the public treasury, to Jacob Kuhn, in full for his services, as Messenger to the General Court, and for his care of the State House, and all other services rendered by him, (except those for which compensation is made, by a resolve, passed October nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen,) for the year commencing thirtieth day of May last, one thousand dollars, payable quarter yearly; and his Excellency the Governor, with advice of Council, is requested to draw his warrant accordingly.

CHAP. XXXIX.

Resolve granting One Hundred Dollars, to Clarissa Gilbert. June 18th, 1819.

Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of this Commonwealth, to Clarissa Gilbert, widow of the late Charles Gilbert, who was killed, while on military duty, in August, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, one hundred dollars, in addition to two hundred dollars, already paid, which sum shall be in full; and the Governor, with advice of Council, be requested to draw his warrant accordingly.

Resolve to

CHAP. XL.

pay the Committee for investigating the concerns of the Agricultural Bank, at Pittsfield.

June 18th, 1819.

Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the treasury of this Commonwealth, to Robert Rantoul, Esquire, of Beverly, the sum of sixty-seven dollars; to William W. Parrot, Esquire, of Gloucester, the sum of sixty-seven dollars; and to the Honorable Daniel Noble, of Williamstown, the sum of thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents, in full for their services and expenses, as a Committee for investigating the transactions of the Agricultural Bank, at Pittsfield.

CIIAP. XLI.

Resolve making valid the Marriage of James Cummings and Susannah Willard. June 18, 1819.

On the petition of James Cummings and Susannah Cummings, of Wilton, in the County of Kennebec, representing

that, in the month of July, A. D. one thousand eight hundered and seventeen, they were united in matrimony, having a lawful right so to do, and their intentions thereof having been legally published, by one John Foster, of said Wilton, a Minister of the baptist order, ordained agreeably to the rules of the baptist society, as a Minister at large; and representing also, that doubts have arisen, respecting the validity of said marriage; Therefore,

Resolved, That the marriage aforesaid, of the said James Cummings and Susannah Cummings, formerly Susannah Willard, solemnized in manner aforesaid, be, and the same is hereby declared to be legal and valid, to all intents and purposes; and the issue of said marriage shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be legitimate, to all intents and purposes, as if the said marriage had been solemnized by a person legally authorized for that purpose.

CHAP. XLII.

Resolve to pay Committee on Accounts. June 18, 1819.

Resolved, That there be allowed and paid, to the Committee on Accounts, one dollar per day, over and above their pay as Members, for the present session, to wit: Honorable Elihu Hoyt, twenty-four days, twenty-four dollars; Honorable Stephen P. Gardner, twenty-four days, twenty-four dollars; Samuel Porter, Esquire, twenty-four days, twentyfour dollars; David Perry, Esquire, twenty-four days, twenty-four dollars; Joseph R. Abbot, Esquire, twenty-four days, twenty-four dollars.

CHAP. XLIII.

Resolve in favor of the Quarter Master General.
June 19th, 1819.

The Committee of both Houses, to whom was referred the Quarter Master General's communication, relating to the expenditures in his department, have attended to the duties of their appointment, and find his account well vouched and rightly cast; and that he has expended, between the seventeenth of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and the twenty-eighth of February, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, inclusive, the sum of twenty-two thousand, five hundred and four dollars, and eleven cents, including sixteen hundred and seventy dollars, and eighty-two cents, for his salary, for one year, one month, and eleven days, from January seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, to February twentyty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen; and has received, the year past, by warrants on the treasury, the sum of twenty thousand, nine hundred and thirty dollars and fifty cents; leaving a balance due the Quarter Master General, of fifteen hundred and seventy-three dollars and sixty-one cents; ask leave to report the following resolves. All which is respectfully submitted, by

EBENEZER GAY.

Resolved, That Amasa Davis, Esquire, Quarter Master General, be, and he hereby is discharged from the sum of twenty thousand, nine hundred and thirty dollars and fifty cents, being the amount he has received, by warrants on the treasury.

Resolved, That the sum of fifteen hundred and seventythree dollars and sixty-one cents, be paid the said Amasa Davis, from the treasury of this Commonwealth, as the balance of his account, for the year ending February twentyeighth, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

Resolved, That the sum of eight thousand dollars, be paid the Quarter Master General, from the treasury of this Commonwealth, to meet the expenses of his department, the ensuing year; for the application of which, the said

Quarter Master General is to be accountable: And his Excellency the Governor is requested to issue his warrants on the treasury, for the amount, in such sums, and at such periods, as his Excellency, with the advice of Council, may deem expedient for the public service.

CHAP. XLIV.

Resolve respecting Deaf and Dumb. June 19th, 1819.

Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor, be authorized to give sixty days notice, by publishing in such newspapers as he may think proper, that, upon the application of the parent or guardian of any deaf and dumb person, belonging to this Commonwealth, accompanied by a certificate from the Selectmen of the town where such parent or guardian resides, of the inability of such parent or guardian to defray the expense of board, and instruction of such deaf and dumb persons, at the Asylum in Hartford, in the state of Connecticut, then, that the said expense, or part thereof, shall be defrayed by this Commonwealth, in the manner hereinafter mentioned.

Resolved, That there be annually appropriated, out of the treasury of this Commonwealth, the sum of four thousand dollars, towards the expenses of board and instruction of such deaf and dumb persons at the asylum, aforesaid; not, however, exceeding for each individual, the sum of two hundred dollars per annum, and for a term for each individual, not exceeding four years, or for such less time as the Governor and Council may judge expedient. And if a greater number than twenty, and less than forty shall apply, the aforesaid sum of four thousand dollars, shall be distributed among them in equal proportions; and, if a greater number than forty shall apply, the persons to be entitled, shall be designated by lot; not, however, in any case, to deprive any one of the benefit of this resolve, or change his annual allowance, who shall have been once placed at the said asylum.

Resolved, That if it shall appear, that the whole number